Recent News

4/10/25

SCAC Director of Governmental Affairs Kent Lesesne testifies before a Senate Judiciary committee on the Freedom of Information Act bill, S. 6. The full Senate met in perfunctory session this week while the Senate Finance Committee debated and passed their version of the budget bill, H. 4025,... Read more

4/3/25

Aiken County Register of Deeds Julie Stutts and Dorchester County Register of Deeds Margaret Bailey attended a House Judiciary Committee meeting this week as it took up a bill on the law enforcement/judicial personal privacy protection.The Senate spent the week debating H. 3309, the... Read more

3/28/25

The U.S. Department of Treasury this week announced it will enhance compliance checks on the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) obligation data submitted by counties as part of its efforts to ensure taxpayer funds are used in accordance with program requirements. Treasury intends to recoup funds obligated or expended impermissibly and to recapture funds that were not obligated by the deadline. Counties that are deemed noncompliant... Read more

3/28/25

The Senate worked until 10 p.m. Wednesday to reach a compromise on the tort reform bill, S. 244. After the compromise amendment was presented and explained to members, the Senate adopted it and gave the bill a second reading. Before adjourning for the week... Read more

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